www.vitac.com hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church live at cnn center where it is 2:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast, 11:00 p.m. out west and 9:00 a.m. in london. thanks for joining us. well america's current president is looking to delay his white house exit as the president-elect turns to face the challenges ahead. joe biden visited the grave of his late son, beau, on sunday. sources say he is planning

executive actions to reverse some controversial trump policies. he's also said to reveal his coronavirus task force today, as covid cases soar across the country. meantime president donald trump played golf sunday but did not concede. his inner circle is reportedly at odds over whether to accept defeat. sources say he wants to mount a media blitz, arguing the election was stolen. but there's so far no evidence to support that claim. boris sanchez is in washington with more on the trump campaign's latest strategy. let's start with jason carol in wilmington, delaware, to find out more about the president elect's plan. good to see you jason. multiple challenges face joe biden in his new role, of course, the pandemic taking top priority. what's he expected to do in the hours ahead? >> well, look, health officials, rosemary, made it very clear that if this new administration

is going to get their hands on the coronavirus, on this pandemic, they're really going to have to hit the ground running. and the biden team was well-aware of that. that's why for weeks now they've been laying the groundwork for things they're going to be able to do moving forward. they've been meeting with health acti experts. vice president biden and senator kamala harris met with the health officials about the pandemic. we do know later on today president-elect biden is going to be talking about and releasing details for this coronavirus task force, this 12-person task force he's put together. and also later today, rosemary, he's going to be giving remarks about his plan in terms of how to proceed forward. this is the first priority that's on the plate of the biden team as they move forward. this is what they're going to be focused on. >> how much will the president-elect really be able to achieve in the next 72 days

while he waits to take office on january 20th? >> well, look, that's a good question. i mean, there's some things that as president-elect he'll be able to do. he'll be able to put together his cabinet. they're working on that. these are things that his transition team, in fact, has been looking at and working at behind the scenes since labor day. again, he'll be working on the pandemic, getting his team together. he'll probably be having a conversation or two with dr. anthony fauci about how to proceed. so, there are a number of things that this president-elect can do moving forward. the question is what sort of monkey wrench will the trump administration put in place to try to muddy the waters as this transition tries to move forward? >> that's a very good point indeed. appreciate that, jason. boris, let's go to you now. president trump is refusing to concede, despite some within his inner circle suggesting he accept his loss. what more are you learning about this and of course the media blitz he's planning?

>> it's quite an interesting situation, as you can imagine, rosemary. there are people within the president's inner circle that are at least broaching the subject of a potential concession speech with the president, including, according to our sources, first lady melania trump and his son-in-law jared kushner. the president clearly is not eager to do so. so, partly his son-in-law jared kushner, partly his personal attorney rudy giuliani and others that work on the trump campaign have counselled the president on this idea of a media blitz to try to drum up support and build up his claim that this election is illegitimate and fraudulent, and in his words, stolen from him. we need to be very clear and precise about this. there is no evidence at all that is indicating that this election was anything but fair and clearly legitimate. despite that, the president wants to put this message out there. the belief among his aide social

security thaides is if the president is able to delay the transition, it would benefit him, potentially allowing some of his lawsuits to run their course. and further, we have to be kind of precise with how we word this. there is an immense amount of debt related to the trump campaign, money that is still owed because obviously campaigns are extremely expensive to run. and it may benefit him to be out in public asking the public for money. there have repeatedly been emails from the trump campaign asking to help fund this legal fight. and the belief is that some of that money may wind up going to paying off some of these campaign debts. of course trump is being egged on my fellow republicans. many of them prominent, people like lindsey graham, ted cruz, kristi noem. mitt romney suggesting that people should work with joe biden and that eventually trump may not concede publicly but that he will take part in a

peaceful transition of power. there is an immense silence though from a large number of republicans who are effectively waiting this out to see how it goes. we've not heard, for example, from vice president mike pence since very early on wednesday morning when he sort of hedged on some of what the president was saying, some very incendiary claims about the election, pence really saying only two or three sentences and we haven't heard from him since then. >> a number of republicans have gone very quiet on this. what is likely to come from these legal challenges, falsely claiming the existence of voter fraud. and what's next for donald trump when he does leave the office? >> there are people even within the president's inner circle that have privately acknowledged that these lawsuits simply are weak, and they will not overturn the results of the election. that even if some errors are found, that if some level of

irregularity is found, it will not be enough to overcome the more than 40,000 votes trump lags behind president-elect joe biden in pennsylvania, for example. so, it is an uphill battle to say the very least. as for the future of president trump, he holds enormous sway within the republican party. and the silence of many republicans is evidence of that. you can see him as a king maker having a lot of influence over elections, whether national or local going into the future. his endorsement would mean a lot because he has so many supporters. after all more than 70 million people voted for him in this election. you can bet he capitalized on some of that support with books and speaking engagements and polithese rallies, not just a push to have a media blitz and rallies about the election being illegitimate but further rallies into the future gathering his supporters and trying to mobilize them potentially for a

2024 run, sources has been discussed by the president and his aides. >> jason carol in wilmington, delaware and boris sanchez in washington. well, nathan gonzalez is editor and publisher and analyst. he joins me now from washington. there is pressure building, growing calls within the trump circle for president trump to accept defeat. how likely is it that he will concede? and is it even necessary? >> no, it's not necessary for him to concede. there are some things that need to happen for the transition to happen, like the head of the gsa signing off on getting that transition in motion. but rosemary, we have to remember that four years ago, the president complained about an election that he won. you know, he was trying to find a way to explain why he lost the national vote and won the

electoral college. it's really no surprise we're in this position where he's complaining about an election that he lost. now, i think the two things can happen at the same time, where we move ahead with the transition that the media has done its due diligence on the decision desks and calling the race for president-elect joe biden. but also let the trump campaign try to play out all of their legal options. i think in the end, exhausting those options is probably best for the country because it allows -- you know, it answers some of these unanswered questions. legitimate or not, just let the process play out so hopefully we will have more americans believing in our future set of leaders that have just won these elections. >> and we do have 72 days, don't we, in this lame duck period. so, president trump and some members of his team are pushing hard with these unsubstantiated claims of massive voter fraud. how far can they go with this? and why aren't more republicans

speaking out about the lack of evidence of voter fraud? >> well, it'll be interesting this week when we're done with the weekend and as more reporters are asking more members of congress what they should do. but, you know, i think the trump campaign is trying to exhaust everything that they can. and i guess, you don't blame them for trying, but i've been listening to the attorneys. anyone who's been watching cnn and watching ben ginsburg who's sort of the dean of attorneys really see a path forward that would overturn a result in a particular state, they're talking about recounts. and usually recount might overturn -- might switch a couple hundred votes. but in many of these key states biden has either thousands of votes or tens of thousands of votes advantage. so, that's why it seems unlikely. >> yeah, of course. and then meantime president-elect joe biden plans to make the pandemic his top priority. he has done that, preparing to

announce this 12-member task force in the coming hours. and he plans to sign numerous executive actions once in office to undo many trump policies. how will that likely be received, do you think? >> well, i mean, if the pandemic and covid-19 gets as bad as what the medical professionals are saying it's going to get in the weeks and months ahead, i think there will be an appetite for change or at least appetite to have a plan or a new plan in order to handle this. and that might be the best opportunity to get some bipartisan consensus in dealing with covid-19. executive orders, i mean, this is a tradition. the new presidents come in and promptly try to undo as much as possible from the previous president that can be done by executive order. i think the president-elect has already sort of laid that out in a couple of articles this weekend. so, that's a tradition in american politics is what can

you do by executive order on day one. >> yeah, just very quickly, former republican president george w. bush congratulated joe biden and kamala harris for their historic win. how likely is it this will pave the way for other republicans to do the same as president-elect biden offers an invitation to work together and unify this incredibly divided nation? >> yeah, i don't know. i mean, it's -- that is -- president bush's statement is sort of who we have come to know him to be, particularly in his days out of office. i'm not sure it's going to persuade a lot of republicans that are within the republican right now. i mean, right now, this is still donald j. trump's republican party. this is still president trump's party. he's the most popular politician among republicans. at least for the base and a lot of these elected officials, they're first going to look to trump before they look to president bush. >> thank you so much for your insights.

>> thank you. well, leaders from around the world are congratulating joe biden on his election win, but there are still a few key heads of state holding back. more on that in just a moment. and the president-elect takes on the pandemic. how joe biden plans to make coronavirus his first order of business. back with that and a whole lot more after this short break. stay with us. i love audible because it's changed my life for the better. whatever question i have i feel like there's an avenue to seek the answer. hit that app and you start a story,

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welcome back. world leaders are congratulating joe biden on his victory in the u.s. presidential race. they include israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. mr. netanyahu says he's known biden for decades but is also thanking biden's rival president donald trump. >> translator: i have a personal, warm and long relationship with joe biden for more than 40 years and i know him as a great friend of israel. i am sure we will continue to work with both of them to strengthen the alliance between israel and the united states. on my behalf and the behalf of all the citizens of israel, i

thank president trump for the great friendship he has shown the state of israel and me personally. >> and cnn's nic robertson joins us now live from london. good to see you nic. we heard from the israeli leader. many other leaders were speaking out as well. for the most part there appears to have been a collective global sigh of relief in response to the election of joe biden. what's being said about it? >> reporter: really this idea that the united states can go back to being a multilateralist, non-isolationist involved and engaged with the rest of the world that everybody is familiar with, that's broadly welcomed. the fact that joe biden will rejoin the paris climate change accord, get the united states to sign back to the w.h.o., the world health organization in the midst of the pandemic. this has been warmly received because most people recognize that the united states is key and integral to the global

institutions that exist today that president trump has turned his back on those. and that's -- that has not helped, for one, dealing with the global pandemic. and it's also sort of counted against many countries in trade relationships. the trade war between the united states and china. yeah, absolutely everyone around the world has been watching this election so closely. >> a closely watched election, not just in the united states but around the world. many leaders quickly sending messages of congratulations to president-elect joe biden. >> i look forward to forging a great partnership. >> it is clear now that the 46th president-elect is joe biden. >> even the uk's trump-friendly pm boris johnson shifting gears.

>> i look forward very much to working with president biden. >> the win for biden is a hope for many u.s. allies that relations strained after four years of donald trump's america first presidency will return to what they once were. >> well, this is the image that people in europe are waking up to for the next american president. aviator sunglasses and all. and i think this encapsulates the message that people around the world want as well. time to heal. you have it here in this newspaper as well. time to heal america but time to heal the world as well. there's a real feeling that president trump has bruised r s relations all around the world. people are looking to biden to change that up. but some trump allies slow to shift. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who benefitted trump

took hours to issue a statement on the election results. and mexican president obrador says he is waiting until the legal fighting is finished. >> translator: i can't congratulate one candidate or the other. i want to wait until the electoral process is over. >> reporter: iran is reacting with caution. its foreign minister says it will wait to see if biden abandons the, quote, lawless bullying of the outgoing regime. biden has said he would try to revive the nuclear deal with iran struck by former president barack obama, which trump withdrew from two years ago. many people in iran said they would welcome relief from crippling u.s. sanctions that have hurt their economy. >> i feel things are somehow calmer. things will get even better for us. >> reporter: china also has had a rocky relationship with the trump administration over trade.

some residents in beijing hope that will change. >> translator: i hope when biden becomes president he can control the pandemic well and improve the relationship with china. >> reporter: but overwhelmingly many people across the globe have grown weary of the tweets and the tone coming from the current white house. >> i'm really hoping outside of a late night reality show we never have to see him again. >> reporter: in london at the world famous madame tussauds's wax museum, trump not quite disappearing, but off to play golf. >> the new agenda emerging you saw in the report. she's saying she wants to strengthen those relationships with the united states. this is a big message coming from the european union. they have ideas on how to do it. pandemic and the global economy are two of the principle reasons

behind that. but today how does that look. today you have eu trade ministers meeting to discuss in part their new relationship potentially with the united states remembering, for example, that donald trump put tariffs on eu steel for national security reasons. there's just a lot that the europeans and others are hoping that they can undo. and today they begin some of their planning to do that. >> that was a great report there. nic robertson, thanks so much. really appreciate it. joe biden is promising when he takes office in january, climate change will be among his top priorities. on his website, build back better, the president-elect promising to recommit the u.s. to the paris climate agreement. for more on that, let's turn to cnn's melissa bell who's joining us live from paris. good to see you, melissa. what's been the response of joe biden and his promise to make climate change a top priority? >> well, i think for a lot of

leaders particularly here in europe this was a big concern. when donald trump had withdrawn from this agreement, the only country to do so since it was signed because it is such a large contributor to the problem of greenhouse gas emissions. joe biden's pledge that he tweeted on the very day that officially the united states was withdrawn, which happened to be the day after the election on wednesday, that within 77 days the country would be back. clearly a huge sigh of relief for those who care about the other things and the governments making their pledges. how will it work? of course he has to take office on the 20th of january. then an executive order can be made up. he can then request permission to rejoin. it will take about a month for that to happen. you're looking if he does it straight away as he said he would at the end of february. the question is really how the delays will then be caught up, all the lost time over the course of the last years when it simply hasn't been a priority for the american administration. on this monday as luck would

have it, the next cop 26 was due to take place, the next installment, the next big meeting where the countries involved would is are to make their new pledges. that of course has been pushed back because of coronavirus. there's going to be an awful lot of catching up to do in order for the united states to be able to beef up their pledges and in the end get to the pledge that joe biden has made about if united states more generally that by 2050 it would meet that aspiration, that target of being entirely carbon emission free. >> yes so, the u.s. president-elect promising to recommit the u.s. to the paris climate agreement. as you say this process will take time. so, maybe by the end of february we will see this occur. how far behind is the u.s. since it abandoned this agreement? >> it is pretty far behind because of course there has been the deregulation that's taken place under the trump administration and it simply hasn't been a priority for the

administration. so, joe biden has independently of this of course said this will be a priority for him, the idea of the carbon neutral emissions by 2050. the reason that's important is not only because the united states is the second largest emitter of these gases in the world, the second biggest polluter in the world, but also the renewed impetus it will give to the targets of all. what we've seen ever since the climate accord was signed in paris is that things have gotten worse. the understanding scientists had how far countries needed to pledge needed to go farther because it's worse than they thought. the countries will be looking next year to substantially increase their national contributions. that's the targets that will allow the world to tackle the problem of climate change more broadly. >> melissa bell joining us from paris. many thanks. still ahead, president-elect joe biden won't be sworn in for

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cases reported nationwide on sunday alone. that is the fifth highest day of new cases in the u.s. since the pandemic began. president-elect joe biden is making the disease a top priority. he is set to announce a coronavirus task force today. the group will be led by prominent doctors and scientists. and tackling the pandemic is the first item on the biden-harris transition team website. let's bring in dr. darr rah o-carol. he's an emergency physician and joins me live from honolulu in hawaii. good to have you with us. >> thanks for having me, rosemary. >> so, as the u.s. hits record numbers of new daily covid cases president-elect joe biden making the pandemic his top priority, preparing to announce a 12-member task force guided by science. it is the polar opposite of what we have seen under the trump administration. what's your reaction as a doctor? >> yeah, really looking forward

to it. you know, wish it could happen sooner. but it's been shown time and time again that as soon as you politicize this virus and politicize the science, you know, things go the wrong direction, and that's what we're seeing at the moment. we're having the highest number of cases we've ever seen, record breaking every single day. and this is not portraying well for the rest of this fall and the winter. and we've still got a lot of days and a lot of months to go. and what that means is a lot of suffering. so, you know, if things were to change around, if say, i would anticipate one of the first things they would do is something akin to a national mask mandate or at least a national testing and mask strategy. that would save, quite honestly, hundreds and thousands of lives. >> yeah, i mean, it is hard to know what joe biden can actually achieve until he's actually in office. but once he gets there, let's talk about how he can turn this

around. you mentioned there a national mask mandate. it is more than likely that will be one of the first things he does. what would you advise him to do apart from him if you had his ear? >> sure, absolutely promote masks. we do know it's one of the simplest yet most efficacious tools we have at our disposal and will continue to have at our disposal. you know, increasing the production of our vaccinations that are in development. we do have to see the efficacy data. we do have to see the safety data. those aren't completely out yet, nor robust at the moment. so, we do need to evaluate those. if they do come out to be efficacious, we need to increase the production and get those distributed. we do have -- most of our states have had to submit our distribution plans and just continue to be a figure that promotes science, promotes the best epidemiological ways to

combat this virus rather than strictly looking at the economy. the economy is very important, but what we do know -- and i have to say it again, what we've seen time and time again is that our economic health is tied to our public health. so, let's get our public health in line and then enjoy the fruits of unincoencumbered lifem this virus. >> president trump was seen playing golf over the weekend. so, the pandemic is not apparently on his mind. we're not going to see a national mask mandate or more ppe or rapid covid tests made more accessible. without all that, how bad could this pandemic get by january 20th do you think? what will joe biden be taking on when he takes office? >> you know, some models are predicting that without a national mask mandate we're going to have another 135,000 deaths by january. and that's astronomical and

that's inexcusable. and that needs to be rectified. and if president trump wanted to somehow turn around some sort of blip in his presidency and save american lives, you would think about following public health guidance because he's not going to gain by not at this point. golfing doesn't sound like he's thinking about it very hard, as you mentioned. so, i would recommend all of those things you just mentioned, and really looking forward to this being guided not only in the climate health sense because that is also going to be causing a lot of public health misery in the years to come, but getting this coronavirus in order. i'm sure they're going to be like racehorses let out of the gate as soon -- from day one. >> we'll be watching close. i know you will. thank you so much for joining us and for all that you do. we appreciate it. >> thanks so much. vladimir putin has yet to congratulate joe biden on his victory. and now russian state media is

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welcome back. chinese state media is raising hopes about bitter ties with the u.s. under president-elect joe biden. relations between the world's two largest economies sank during the trump presidency over issues like trade, hong kong and the coronavirus. and here to discuss the christy lieu staff from hong kong. let's talk about china's expectatio expectations under a biden presidency. >> rosemary we're still awaiting official response from beijing. but with donald trump yet to concede, chinese president xi jinping has yet to issue a statement. so, we've been monitoring the reaction. overall they've been signaling a

note of cautious optimism about biden's victory. some news media saying they're hopeful biden will be able to stabilize this very rocky relationship between these two world powers. quote, biden is expected to appoint more professional officials to his diplomatic team, so it will be possible for u.s.-china tensions to take a brief time out, unquote. and then we have this from the state-run china daily newspaper which writes, quote, improving ties with china may not be a poli policy option for u.s. politicians of either party but managi managing it should be a prime concern. reviving the trade talks the critical to reviving understanding and trust in china-u.s. relations. rosemary tensions between the u.s. and china will continue to summer. we are at an unprecedented low

between the u.s. and china, lows not seen since diplomatic relations were established in the nixon area from tech, trade, hong kong, the fated future of the territory here. the list goes on. because of the stakes, china has been watching the outcome of the u.s. election very closely but also because of the thee yachtics and perceived on sundayty. recently donald trump took to twitter and said he won the election by quote, be a lot. that is not true. "the people's daily" in china responded to that on twitter by trolling the u.s. president with a crying with ears emoji and the word, quote, ha ha. that post has suns been taken down. >>ing interest. we'll continue to wait for that official reaction. kristie lu stout joining us from hong kong. many thanks. someone who hasn't reached out to the u.s. president-elect,

russian president vladimir putin. frederik pleitgen joins us live. russian state media is repeating the unfounded claims and president putin remains silent at this time. what is the latest on this? >> you're absolutely right, rosemary. the kremlin remains mute on the subject, so far hasn't said anything. we are still waiting for a possible call by the kremlin spokesperson. we'll see whether there's any update as to why exactly the kremlin hasn't said anything yet. russian state media amplifying the false claims that president trump has been making, trying to call the u.s. election illegitimate, especially the mail-in ballots. of course for domestic consumption in russian, essentially the russians saying the u.s. keeps lecturing us and the democratic shortcomings in russia and look

is the what the election is like in the united states. it's what the kremlin propagandists have been feasting on. as far as the russian president himself is concerned, it's quite being because it seems as though president vladimir putin favored president trump to have another term. but of course vladimir putin is also a veteran of international politics when joe biden takes office, putin will be on his fifth u.s. president. essentially what vladimir putin has said in the past is he said he thinks he's heard good things for russia from president trump but the russians also believe that as far as for instance some of these disarmament treaties are concerned, they believe they can also work with a biden administration, keeping the amount of nuclear war heads down and then also a possible successor to the inf treaty as well. it soeeems as though the putin

administration that they would have someone competent to talk to to try to get those agreements either back on track or keep them on track. that's certainly something where they believe they can work with the biden administration. then you have some senior russian politicians like for instance the senior senator who said, look, quite frankly after the past four years it's hard to see how things can get any worse than they already have been. obvious lay loft new sanctions against the russians. the relations have been very, very difficult. there are some who believe that while it might not get better, they certainly don't believe that it necessarily can get any worse than it already has been. but in general, if you look at russian media, you look at some of the state media channels, also some of the newspapers, quite frankly as well. they certainly don't believe that there is going to be something like an improvement in u.s.-russian relations even though some believe it's hard to hit rock bottom. >> interesting.

joining us live from berlin. many thanks. in iran, president rouhani says jied skpn the next u.s. administration has the opportunity to, quote, make up for past mistakes. that is according to iran's state run media. nick paton walsh joins us live. what are you learning about this? >> we've also heard that the prime minister reached out in arabic for a more aggressive approach towards iran and the region to say they shouldn't be relying on neighbors and they can work things out between them. the real road ahead here is kind of clear. joe biden, president-elect, made it clear while he was campaigning that he wanted to get back into the nuclear deal that trump kind of tore apart. and to some degree iran is pretty clear they want to do that as well. and trump has made biden's path relatively easy because frankly at this point there's very

little for the u.s. left to sanction in iran. so, there's a lot that joe biden could potentially alleviate as kind of a carrot, if you like, towards the iranians to get back into the confines of the nuclear deal. remember, iran has been increasing its enrichment slowly in certain aers. and also the other signatories of the deal as well, particularly european powers are keen to see iran getting back into that. it isn't that simple. the rhetoric against iran, particularly the republicans in the senate that joe biden is going to need to win over has gotten particularly fierce. there are iranian hard line figures, qassem soleimani, killed by the trump administration, the fever pitch is hard to wine down at this point. add to that later next year, the current reformist moderates who are in charge of the government

will face re-election and could possibly lose to more hard liners. there's a small amount of months joe biden has to get the deal running again and to begin working on another deal because the main provisions in the iran nuclear deal begin to lapse in about five years or so. so, there's a huge task ahead for joe biden, but frankly the massive lapse in relations and rock bottom hit on the trump administration could only make his job slightly easier. >> nick paton walsh, many thanks for joining us. record turnout in the election helped put joe biden over the top. ahead we'll find out what role minority voters played in his win. back with that in a moment. what are you doing?

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well, joe biden won the presidency by the thinnest of margins in several states despite record turnout this year, and many accrediting voters of color for helping carry the president-elect over the finish line. concern over the coronavirus, the economic downturn, and racial injustice were among the top issues that brought them out in record numbers. and as you can see from this cnn

exit polling, wild more white voters supported mr. trump, voters of color went heavily for joe biden. joining me now is theodore johnson, a senior fellow at brennan center for justice. thank you so much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> so, broadly speaking, how significant was the black and hi hispanic vote for president-elect joe biden in the 2020 election? >> yeah, well, by the looks of things, and there's still some votes to be counted, but it looks like brown and black voters won the election for joe biden. if you look at turnout in nevada, arizona, michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania and georgia, you'll find that in those very slim margins of victory that biden seems to have pulled out that the minority votes in those states were really the margin of victory, specifically atlanta and georgia, detroit, milwaukee,

philadelphia. and then out west in nevada and arizona, mexican-americans provided the margin of victory alongside native-americans, lep any arizona. so, it cannot be discounted. it can't be underscored enough the role that minority voters, particularly black and brown voters played in this election. >> explain to us why you think it was so different for 2020 given we were all dealing with the pandemic at the same time and yet so many black and brown voters came out to make sure their voice was heard. what was different about this election? >> so, i think it's a number of things. one, 2020 was a difficult year for the world, i think, but especially for people of color in the united states. the coronavirus pandemic, we know it's from it much shut the country down, sequestered people in their homes, quarantined some, social distancing. but what it really did is impact communities of color at a

disproportionate rate than other communities in terms of who got the disease and who perished from it, who died from it. and then you had the economy again that was unstable and communities of color bore the brunt of the downturn in terms of unemployment and inability to find new work and needing the stimulus checks and unemployment assistance from government that turned out to be wanting near the election. and then you later on top of that, the killing of george floyd on memorial day and a summer of racial justice protests that were multi-racial, multigenerational, across the nation every state in the union. so, the convergence of these three things reminded the voter whatever they took for granted in 2016's election that caused a number of voters of color to sit the election out, they did not take those things for granted this time around. >> and of course kamala harris made history, the first woman of color to become vice

president-elect. how significant is that for you and how big a role do you think he played in bringing black voters out to cast their ballot? >> yeah, it's historic. look, we know barack obama was the first black president in 2008, re-elected in 2012. but there's something to be said about having a black woman, a woman of south asian descent as the first female vice president. and what we know from political science is that when black women in particular run as democrats that the black voter turnout in cities that have high black concentrations tends to increase as well. so, naming her to the ticket was i think a strategic move on behalf of the biden campaign to run up the score among black voters by naming kamala harris to the ticket, knowing the effect that a black democrat on the ticket has on black voter turnout. >> theodore johnson, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it.

and game show legend alex trebek is being remembered as a great man both on and off the screen after his death sunday at the age of 80. "jeopardy," which he hosted since 1984 was what we call appointment viewing in millions of u.s. households. trebek hosted more than 8,000 episodes over 36 years and continued even while undergoing chemotherapy treatment. trebek revealed in march of last year that he was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. a look back now on his very first show. >> and now here is the host of "jeopardy" alex trebek. >> thank you very much ladies and gentlemen. on behalf of all of us, welcome to america's favorite answer and question game, "jeopardy." >> and he of course will be greatly missed. that's all the time we have for this hour.

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